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North East hit by 3.9 magnitude earthquake
Guwahati: An earthquake of 3.9 magnitude hit Meghalaya on Thursday, the third such incident in the northeast in a span of a week. A report by the National Center for Seismology report…
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Matrilineal but still patriarchal: Meghalaya women yearn for control in politics
Shillong: Children get their mother’s last name, husbands move into their wives homes and youngest daughters inherit family property. But with only four women legislators in a house of 60, the empowerment…
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EC to announce poll schedule of Nagaland, Meghalaya Tripura today
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce the schedule for Assembly elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura on Wednesday. The announcement would be made at a press conference by…
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Mamata to address a rally in Meghalaya on Jan 18
Shillong: Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would visit Meghalaya on January 18 to address an election rally in North Garo Hills district, party sources said on Sunday.…
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PAN not linked with Aadhaar by end of March 2023 to be rendered inoperative: I-T Dept
New Delhi: The Income Tax department Saturday issued an advisory that those permanent account numbers (PAN) which are not linked with Aadhaar by the end of March next year will be rendered…
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Khasi Mandarin oranges from Meghalaya exported to UAE
Shillong: A group of orange farmers in Meghalaya’s South West Khasi Hills district on Friday exported 2,000 kg of the citrus fruit to Doha and Bahrain in the UAE, an official said.…
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Meghalaya govt files defamation case against TMC’s Saket Gokhale
Shillong: The Meghalaya government has filed a criminal defamation suit against TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale for making “deliberate, derogatory and malicious” claims that a state-owned tourism firm misappropriated over Rs 630 crore…
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Meghalaya govt took Rs 1,500 cr loan to distribute to farmers ahead of elections: BJP
Shillong: The BJP on Friday accused Meghalaya’s National People’s Party (NPP)-led government of availing a loan of Rs 1,500 crore to distribute to farmers under a scheme ahead of the assembly elections…
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India to take over UNSC presidency at time of acute crisis
United Nations: India will take over the presidency of the Security Council on Thursday at a time of an acute international crisis that will call upon its diplomatic skills in the UN’s…
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Meghalaya to set up border posts at sensitive areas: CM Conrad
Shillong: Following last week’s violence at Mukroh which led to the killing of six persons, the Meghalaya government on Monday decided to set up border outposts in sensitive areas along the inter-state border,…
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Assam-Meghalaya border dispute explained
On November 22, at least six people, five civilians of Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard, died following ‘unprovoked’ firing by Assam police and state forest guards. According to Meghalaya chief minister…
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Firing incident: Assam police could have shown more restraint, says CM Sarma
Guwahati: Reacting to violence that claimed six lives in a village along the Assam-Meghalaya border, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that police could have shown more restraint before…
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Five civilians, forest guard killed in police firing near Assam-Meghalaya border
Shillong/Guwahati: At least six people, five civilians of Meghalaya and an Assam forest guard, died following “unprovoked” firing by Assam Police and state forest guards on Tuesday, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K.…
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Meghalaya CM’s chopper makes emergency landing due to bad weather
Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma’s chopper had to make an emergency landing near Shillong on Wednesday due to inclement weather, officials said. An official of the Chief Minister’s Office said…